Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

.....oh and a little make up helps.

Here is a quick MOTD. I felt I had to put my naked palette to the test! Also I wanted to post a before and after picture to show how make up can not only cover your sins but also enhance your best feature. 


I have actually got foundation on here, my skin is so bad at the moment.





I know a lot of people patter on about natural beauty blah blah but personally I love make up!!!

Make Up:

Estee Lauder Double Wear - shade shell (I think)
Benefit Boi-ing concealer - 01
MAC MSF - Light Medium
MAC mineralize blush - dainty ELF studio blush - peachy keen and Bourjois Delice de Poudre highlighting power all blended together

Eyes
 All from the Urban Decay Naked Palette
Virgin all over lids and up to brow bone
Hustle on lids and lower lash line
Toasted on outer corners and  lower lash line
Sin on inner corners
24/7 eyeliner in whiskey

MAC Haute and naughty mascara 

xxxxx

Rosie: 12 week update

Hey Folks,

Well Rosie is 12 weeks today! I can't believe how fast time has been going recently. For the first month it went so slow but now the weeks have been flying by.

Rosie has come on leaps and bounds recently. She has been properly smiling since about 8 weeks but now she also gets excited and throws her arms about. I am sure she will start laughing soon. She also thinks its great that she has learned to blow bubbles and does this constantly so her tops are getting soaked. On with the bib! 

She is really taking everything in now and looks about the room. She also recognizes faces and voices. I love it when she sees your face and smiles, there is so much character  in her eyes.

The breast feeding is getting a bit tiresome and I feel she is getting more and more formula. I think that in the next couple of weeks the breast feeding will come to a natural end. I have mixed feelings about this. I love the closeness of breast feeding and like knowing she is getting lots of good stuff but my oh my it can be tough work. And on a more selfish level - I would love to be able to wear nice bras again! On an even more personal level - breast feeding is not kind to your boobies and I am going to try get my hands on some cream that hopefully helps them go back to a more "pert" shape! 

I am also trying to get her doing some "tummy time" but she hates it! If any mummys read this and have any tips then please share. She also has her next round of jabs next week :( her daddy will be taking her again! And I also want to get her to the swimming pool!! 


xxxx




I finally did it!!

Hi folks, 

Well I have finally done it. This afternoon I filmed by first ever Vlog! I know blogs can be a bit one dimensional and  the writer's full personality never really comes across. 

I think I am going to use the Vlogging as a "Support tool" for my blog so I will be mostly blogging but will also do a couple of videos every now and again! 

I will get Tom to put a link in my side bar but for now here is the link:


SO please subscribe and let me know what you think!



Monday, 24 January 2011

Weight Loss Weigh In

Well I wish this was a celebratory post - I really do, but its not! I stepped on the scales this morning to find out I was still 10st 7lbs - GUTTED! I thought I had done quite well this week with food and exercise. I started drinking my first ever Green Monsters that i discovered through Victoria's blog. They are amazing. Total Green Monster addict, I also tried out her Yaki Soba recipe last night which was also delightful. On the exercise front I have been on two runs using the couch to 5k app on my Iphone and managed them surprisingly well, and I have done 2 Pilates classes.

I did however have a cheeky McDonalds and Tom made the most delicious sponge cake with chocolate butter icing filling. Annoying that my boyfriend is better at baking than me! 

This week I am going to try really hard again on all fronts! Lets see what the next weigh in holds!




xxxx



YouTube

Yikes! I have uploaded my first ever YouTube video - of Rosie of course. Still have to work myself up for my debut appearance! 

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiwIKFz5tzY

Not much going on at the moment but hope to get working on that!

xxxx

Rosie OOTD and PJOTN (PJ OF THE NIGHT)


Fleece lined hoodie - H&M baby
Hat and mitts - Next Baby
Jeans - Sainsbury's
Shoes - Sainsbury's

This was R's first time wearing Jeans and she is now after a comfy pair of skinnies which I think I have found at Next.


Had to include this picture of R in her Baby Gap Pjs - adorable! 


xxxxx


Weekend Summery

First up - Hello to all my new Subscribers. I am pretty chuffed that 13 people have decided to follow me! If you enjoy what I am writing or know someone who might enjoy it then please spread the word!

I feel like I have not posted in agggggges and my blogger train of thought has somewhat managed to go right off track! But anyway here is what has been going on in my life over the last few day!

I dyed my hair brunette - After a couple of year of expensive highlights I decided that I wanted to go back au natural. So off I popped down to Boots and purchased Loreal Excell 10 in spiced chocolate - school boy error! Although the shade is a lovely deep chocolate brown with reddish undertones it was unfortunately too big a jump for me and at first I looked like I was wearing a wig. Thankfully it has faded a bit but it is still too dark and I look awfully pale - although not as pale as Rosie Webster a la Corrie. 

I feel like I have to apply a lot of make up now in order to look normal whereas as a blonde I could get away with wearing a lot less.

I have also began jogging again but I will do a separate weight loss update all about that. 

My order arrived from ASOS (eventually) but again thats another blog post in its own right!

On Friday Me, Thomas and Rosie went to visit our good friend Clare, Ali and little Hanna. We had a great day of hanging out, painting my little ponies - I got a bit carried away with that - and eating a yummy dinner prepare by Ali. 

Now for the bad news:

Last saturday my lovely mum was complaining of aches and pains, by night time she was in bed with fever, chills and nausea. These symptoms progressed over the next few days and she gradually got weaker and weaker. She went to the docs a number of times and had lots of tests done before being admitted to hospital last Thursday. She then had every sort of diagnostic test under the sun (no joke) before being diagnosed with pneumonia on Saturday afternoon. It was a big shock but at the same time I felt relived that they knew what was up. So over the weekend I have spent both nights going to visit her. Thankfully she looked a lot brighter yesterday and she has text me today saying that if all her heart tests come back ok then she will be out tomorrow. So fingers and toes crossed for Mummy Blanc as she is missing wee Rosie dreadfully.

However, that was not the only bad news of the weekend. My poor lovable Peugeot car - Pablo has also been a bit under the weather and now has no breaks! So he has been sent to get checked out. Luckily we have Tom's car as well but he uses that to get to uni and work so I am currently car - less. Means I can catch up on blog reading though! Pablo is very old (p-reg) but such a great wee car and has hardly had anything wrong with him so hopefully he will be back with us soon!

And some good news to end things on - I got a place on the fashion and photographic Make Up course at college and begin classes a week on Tuesday so I will no doubt be posting a lot about that.

Oh and I finally got my hands on an Urban Decay Naked Palette but keeping my happiness low key for that as Thomas is yet to find this out - although he will no doubt read this - whoops

One last thing - My dad has kindly given us his video camera which is so tiny and cute. So I will be doing lots of filming of Rosie and may even do an occasional vlog but I am not sure if anyone could handle the scottish accent! 

Some cutesy pics of Rosie to end with: